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ccr-ms
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Jun 30, 2021
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Building a customizable app for Teams

Hi,

I recently noticed that in the Microsoft Teams Admin Center in the Manage App section, some apps are "customizable".
I am creating an app which will send requests to a software that is installed on-premises and thus has different domain name depending on the organisation using it (xxx.com, abc.com…).

  • Could I use this feature to make the domain name customizable by the Teams admin so that the app is ready to use by the Teams users.

  • I also wonder if and how I can use this customized data (I suppose it is manifest data) in my app code (note: I am using NodeJS).

Side question, I also noticed a "Settings" tab which is always empty, what is it for, how can I add settings to my app?

Thank you

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Bot Framework
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  • ChrisHoardMVP's avatar
    ChrisHoardMVP
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    Jun 30, 2021

    Hi ccr-ms

    See article

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftTeams/customize-apps#:~:text=%20Customize%20apps%20in%20Microsoft%20Teams%20%201,customized%20app%3F%20Although%20the%20admin%20can...%20More%20

    The only properties you can customise are

    Short name
    Short description
    Full description
    Privacy policy URL
    Website URL
    Terms of use URL
    Color icon
    Outline icon
    Accent color

    The article should show how to do it.

    The settings tab is also available for a few applications where settings can be modified. For example the Approvals App let you pick specific e-signature software to use. Today it shows Adobe Sign, later on it will show DocuSign and other vendors

    Hope that answers your question

    Best, Chris

    • ccr-ms's avatar
      ccr-ms
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 30, 2021

      Thank you ChrisHoardMVP for your reply.

       

      I understand that it is not possible to use the "Customize app" feature for what I want to achieve.

       

      However, I am still not sure how I can add settings to my bot app for people to configure it. Do you know of any developer documentation about that ?

       

      Thanks again for your time.

      • ChrisHoardMVP's avatar
        ChrisHoardMVP
        MVP
        Jun 30, 2021
        ccr-ms

        I'll raise it to see if I can get an answer on where the settings (tab within the TAC) would be set. I don't personally know myself so would be interested to follow up. If I get a response I'll circle back here

        Best, Chris

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